1.   Bush would try to induce competition among private insurance companies to sell drug coverage to the elderly, with the government partly subsidizing the premiums.

2.   But Republicans were resisting calls by Democrats for a beefed up program to subsidize health insurance premiums for workers who have lost their jobs.

3.   Daschle said he would offer tax credits for the purchase of private insurance, while Kennedy would offer vouchers to families to subsidize premiums.

4.   Democrats are insisting on a plan that would expand unemployment benefits and subsidize health insurance premiums for laid-off workers.

5.   He proposed that the government make it available to federal employees and retirees at negotiated group rates, but the government would not subsidize the premiums.

6.   Most of the money sought by Bradley would be used to subsidize the premiums on private insurance bought by low-income families.

7.   Republicans said the same thing about Democratic proposals to subsidize health insurance premiums.

8.   So would subsidizing health insurance premiums for unemployed workers who had lost company-paid benefits, another popular proposal among some economists and Senate Democrats.

9.   The approach favored by Democrats would subsidize health insurance premiums by providing money to individuals.

10.   The extra revenue would subsidize the premiums of low-income beneficiaries.